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JCPS offering virtual class option for college credit program to expand access to students
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Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Jul 19, 2021
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Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Jul 19, 2021
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COURS.SE ALEXIS MATHEWS EXPLAINS HOW THIS WILL IMPROVE COLLEGE READINESS. ALEXIS: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN JCPS HISTORY, STUDENTS ACROSS ALL OF THE DISTRICTS' HIGH SCHOOLS CAN TAKE COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES OF THEIR INTEREST AND THIS YEAR, VIRTUALLY. HIGH SCHOOL SENRSIO LEILANI AND NUBIA ARE NAVIGATING SMARTSCREENS WHICH WILL SOON BE IN EVERY DISTRICT CLASSROOM THIS FALL. JCPS IS AOLS EXPANDING ITS DLUA CREDIT PARTNERSHIP AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S PATHFINDERS SCHOOLF O INNOVATION. >> OUR STUDENTS NOWAN C REALLY PUSH FORWARD INTO THESE MORE CHALLENGING COURSES WREHEVER THEY ARE REGARDLESS OF THE CHALLENGES OF A PARTICULAR SCHOOL'S MASTER SCHEDULE. ALEXIS: HIGH SCHOOL JUNIO ARSND SENIORS WITH AT LEA A ST2.8 G.P.A. CAN ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM AND EARN UP TO SIX HOURSF O COLLEGE CREDIT AT NO CO.ST AND NEW THIS YEAR, THE COURSE IS OFFERED IN THE FALL AND SPRING, WILL BE TAUGHT BY JCTC INSTRUCTORS THROUGH STATE OF THE T ARTECHNOLOGY. AND STUDENTS HAVE NEARLY 40 INTEREST AREAS TO CHOOSE FR.OM >> SOME OF THEM ARE CORE CONTENT AREAS SOEN GLISH, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES. SOME ARE SPECIAL INTERESTS LIKE COMMUNICATIONS OR PSYCHOLO.GY ALEXIS: THE PROGRAM HELPS ADDRESS THE FINANCIALND A ACADEMIC BARRIER THAT POST SECONDARY EDUCATION CAN POSE FOR STUDENTS. IT'S ALSO RAISING THE WERAT LEVEL ON EQUITY WHILE IMPROVING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT STUDTSEN CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. >> WHEN A CLDHI GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND TYHE ALREADY HAVE DUAL CREDIT OR COLLEGE BEARING CREDIT CLASSES, THEY'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GO O TON COLLEGE AND THEN GRADUATE FR OM COLLEGE AS WELL. ALEXIS: LEILANI AND NUBIA PLAN TO ENROLL IN THE DUAL CRETDI COURSES IN THE FALL. EY SAYTH THIS OPPORTUNITY ALSO BENEFITS THEIR PEERS WHO MAY NEED THAT EXTRA EDUCATIONAL PUSH. >> COULD STILL BE MOTIVATION TO PLAY THROUGH COLLEGE BECAUSE YOU MADE IT THROUGH THIS CLASS. SO YOU CAN MAKE IT THRGHOU PLENTY OTHER OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. >> SO OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH A DMAIPLO BUT ALSO AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION AND POTENTIALLY COLLEGE CREDIT THAT WILL HELP T

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